The United States presidential election of 2008 was held on Tuesday November 4, 2008 to elect the 44th president of the United States of America. It was the 56th quadrennial election for President and Vice President. This was the first presidential election to feature Puerto Rico as a state.

Climate Change

Venezuela

North Korea

Kucinich: continue 6 party talks and get a referendum for reunification.

McCain

Russia

Kucinich: Kucinich favored having good relations with Russia, and supported disarmament conferences with the Russian government as well as abandoning the NATO invitations to Georgia and the Ukraine.

McCain: McCain has been one of the foremost critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and has said that Putin is "going to cause a lot of difficulties" and that he is "trying to reassert the Russian empire." He supports the policy of a making a strong stance against Russian aggression.

China

Kucinich

McCain Limit trade with China, and return production to the United States.

Drugs

Kucinich: legalize all drugs.

McCain: increase mandatory sentences for dealers.

War on Terror

Kucinich Drawndown of Troops and increase special forces operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

McCain Continue the policies of the Bush administration, with increased levels of ground soldiers.

Cuba

Kucinich: Open Cuban Relationship for trade and tourism.

McCain: Only if Cuba is willing to give up Communism and have a more demacratic form of goverment then I would consider more friendly relationship with Cuba.

Energy dependence

Kucinich:

McCain:

Election

After McCain and Kucinich were confirmed in St. Paul and Denver respectively, the main election had begun. From the start, everyone knew John McCain had it in the bag at the first debate. But the people would find out on November 4.

McCain's lead over Kucinich skyrockets when Kucinich says on CNN that Hugo Chavez was "very democratic. A man of the people. Someone that McCain isn't."

The Troop Reduction Act ordered withdrawal from Venezuela by May 2010.

Results

The results were in and John McCain was confirmed in the biggest landslide in American history, which was even bigger than in 1984.